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New Orleans In May I happened to see a post from the New Orleans Burlesque Fest inviting performers to submit audition videos to participate in the upcoming event in September. I of course sent in the video of the aerial cube act from our Pagosa Burlesque show that happened in March. Not really expecting anything I was surprised when I received the official invitation. My partner informed me she would be out of the country and I would need to replace her. Malaya, my lovely daughter was my first choice, she is already a strong aerial performer and she and I have similar body builds. Not to mention performing with my daughter is a dream come true.    The cube is unforgiving, painful and frustrating to master. Many days we would show up, bang and bruise, smack each other, whack our heads and get completely dizzy. The steel bars are brutal and our bodies showed the battle wounds. She and I worked for three months on the routine and sure enough after our many days of ...

Why Burlesque? Why not a musical or something that has already been produced? My answer~ Why Not? Since I was a little girl all I wanted to do was dance. I came from a very large family with very little money. We moved all the time, at least once a year. Any opportunity of training as a child just didn’t exist.   Fast forward many years later, being a young mother and raising my own 4 children in my 20s my life was all about taking care of little ones. I didn’t learn how to take care of the things I wanted and needed until much later in the game of motherhood.  Fast forward again my children are grown I’m in my mid 40s and still just want to dance. I’ts probably not the right time to hit Hollywood and put my heart on stage with all the other young starlets, (not to mention I love my life in my sweet little town). Instead, I’ve decided to bring Hollywood here. Well make our own extravagant show. We’ll enjoy the lights and audience and music as i...